Re: [External] : Re: master 4c0c9d23ab 1/2: Rewrite the minibuffer lazy highlight feature

[Richard Stallman]

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    > "You can do XYZ."
    > "ABC lets you do XYZ."

There is semantic sloppiness in using "lets" to mean "enables".
Likewise, using "permits" or "allows" is sloppy.  They all refer to
giving permission for or authorizing an action.

For actively making something possible, "enable" is the clear word.

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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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